When Anna knew Mrs. Stone was in hospital, she came at once. Zach was sitting beside the bed with his head down silently, like a child who had done something wrong. The atmosphere around them was a little weird.
Anna knocked on the door and walked in, “Zach, what happened?”
As she saw Mrs. Stone lying on the bed, she put on a smile at once, “Mrs. Stone, I’m Anna, Zach’s girlfriend. He must have mentioned me to you, right?”
“Huh...” Mrs. Stone turned to Zach with a fake smile.
Zach didn’t want to raise his head to avoid eye contact. Anna felt little strange. And she was unhappy that she was ignored by them.
“Zach. What happened? Why is aunt in hospital now?” She held his hand and asked.
“Don’t worry.” Zach said embarrassedly. He turned to Mrs. Stone and introduced Anna to her, “Mom, this is my girlfriend, Anna.”
Mrs. Stone pulled a long face, “Humph! Why don’t you just tell me the truth? Is it so funny to piss me off?”
“No, mother. I don’t mean it.”
“I don’t believe you!”
Zach sighed deeply and deiced to keep quiet now. While Anna smiled, trying to ease the situation, “Mrs. Stone, did Zach make a mistake? Don’t blame him. He didn’t mean it. He is just too careless sometimes.”
“Huh! He’s really careless!”
Now Anna was embarrassed. Mrs. Stone was lukewarm towards her as if she was taking out on her.
Zach thought Mrs. Stone might be happy to see Anna. He never expected that she was angrier when Anna came here. Now he didn’t know what to do, so he pulled Anna up and said, “Mom, you should take a good rest now. I will send Anna home and then come back to give you a proper explanation.”
Mrs. Stone just looked away, so he left the ward with Anna.
Anna didn’t know what was going on and was a bit annoyed, “Zach, what are you doing? I barely talked to your mother.”
“That can wait. Let’s leave now. My mother should have a rest.”
Zach knew his mother’s personality. If Anna didn’t leave now, his mother would just give her nothing but a really hard time. So it would be better to leave right now.
Anna was sullen, “What’s up? Your mother doesn’t like me, does she?”
“No. Don’t overthink. She is just in a bad mood and nothing can cheer her up. I will take you to visit her officially one day once she gets better.”
Anna glanced at him in disbelief, “Zach, are you hiding something from me?”
Zach denied, “No.”
“Then why was your mother so weird?” Anna wasn’t stupid. Mrs. Stone’s attitude was really weird. But she knew herself didn’t do anything wrong.
It was their first meeting today, but Mrs. Stone showed dislike so obviously.
“She is unhappy because she isn’t in good health.” Zach soothed her, “Listen. I will arrange you to meet her again as soon as she is in a good mood. It’s all my fault today.”
Though Anna was so unsatisfied, she had to control her anger, “Alright. Of course I trust you.”
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